Eyeglasses.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. G. J. LOWRES.

EYEGLASSES. APPLICATION FILED 0012.30. 1907.

INVENTORI aTILuwras; BY

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ATTURN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. LOWBES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LOWRES OPTICAL 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 16, 1908.

and May 18, 1907, Serial No. 374,439. Divided Serial No. 399,824.

Original applications filed. November 27, 1906, Serial No. 345,279,

and this application filed. October 30, 1907.

' pal object to provide a novel mounting for Be it known that I, GEORGE J. Lownns, eye-glasses having the above stated purposes citizen. of the United States, residing at Newconstantly in view; and, moreover, this inark, in the county of Essex and State of New vention has for its further object to provide a Jersey, have invented certain new and useful simple arrangement of bridge-piece adapted Improvements in Eyeglasses, and I do here j to rest directly upon the nose, in place of the l T 0 all whom it may concern:

by declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and usual connecting bar spring, said nose cXact description. of the invention, such as bridge being provided at its respective endwill enable others skilled in the art to which l portions with pivots with which the respec it appertaiiis to make and use the same, refl tive lenses by means of their studs are piverence being had to the accompanying drawotally connected, said studs and their boxes, ings, and to characters of reference marked as well as their respective nose-guards being thereon, which form a part of this specificaspring controlled, substantially as hereintion. after more fully set forth, whereby the major This invention relates, generally, to iiiior horizontal axes of the two lenses are angu rovements in eyeglasses; and the same is in larly disposed, upon the inner side of the eyethe nature of a division of my former applicaglasses, and out of the parallelism with the tion for a patent for improvements in mountmaj or aXes of the eye-balls; but when placed ings for eye-glasses, filed Nov. 27, 1906, Se u on the nose, all the parts which are pivotrial No. 345,279, and also of my former appli al y connected with the pivot-portions of cation for improvements in mountings for the ends of the nose-bridge or support, moveye glasses, filed May 18, 1907, Serial No. ing outwardly so as to bring the major axes 374,439, such mountings being in the genera of the lenses into such parallelism with the form of a nose-bridge or support, with the major axes of the eyeballs, the nose-guards end-portions of which the respective lenses or plates at the same time moving in outare connected in a pivotal or oscillatory relaward directions, all to the great comfort and tion, by means of the eye-glass studs and benefit of the wearer of the glasses, and less their boxes, so that each lens is capable of a liability of abrading the skin and preventing separate pivotal movement, centrally about the resulting soreness of the nose. its axis of pivotal connection with the end- Other objects of this invention not at this portion of the nose-bridge or support, the retime more particularly enumerated will be spective nose-plates or guards, while having clearly evident from the following detailed a rigidly fixed relation to their respective description of the same. lenses and the studs and their boxes, being WVith the various objects of my present incapable of oscillatory movements in oppovention in view, the invention consists, prisite directions with relation to each other, marily, in the novel eyeglasses hereinafter and about the points of pivotal connection at set forth; and, furthermore, this invention the respective end-portions of the nose consists in the novel arrangements and combridge or support. binations of the various devices and parts, as In the fitting of eye-glasses, as is well well as in the details of the construction of known to Opticians, it is essential for the the same, all of which will be hereinafter best results that not only should the focal more fully described, and then finally emconter of each lens coincide with the pupil 0' bodied in the clauses of the claims which are the eye, but also that the major or horizonta a pended to and which form an essential axis should, when the glasses are arranger art of the specification. upon the nose, register in arallelism with The invention is clearly illustrated in the the major axis of the eye-ba l; and, furtheraccompanying drawings, in which: more, it is essential, that the holding-portions Figure 1 is a top-edge view of a pair of of the nose-plates or guards should bear upon eye-glasses embodying the principles of this the opposite sides of the nose with the least invention, the parts being shown in their possible pressure, and still hold, to obviate normally angular initial positions with relaany discomfort and pain to the wearer of the tion to the rigid nose-bridge, before the arglasses. rangement of the eye-glasses in position upon This invention, the nose; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the therefore, has for its princisame parts, showing the lenses and the pivotal supports moved into an outward angular relation, prior to the adjustment or placing of the eyeglasses in position upon the nose, both of said views being made on an exaggerated scale. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional representation, taken on line 3-3 in said Fig. 1, but on a still further enlarged scale, he lens represented in part only," and view showing in elevation the lenssupport and one form of nose-plate or guard, with the spring for retaining the lens and lens-support in their normal indicated in said Fig. 1.

tal section taken on line 44 in said 3, looking in the direction of the arrow at, the nose-plate or guard being omitted from said Fig. 5 is a sectional representation 01 said parts, said section being taken on line 55 in said Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrow y; and Fig. 6 is a top-edge view of one form of the pivotal support between the lens and the nose-piece. Fig. 7 is a view similar to that shown in said Fig. 4, but of a slightly modified. construction.

Similar characters of reference are em ployed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding Referring now to the several figures of the support 4, and the nose-plates or guards 5, all being arranged substantially in a manner to be hereinafter more particularly described.

The nose-bridge or support 2, as will be seen more especially from Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, is usually made in the form of a wire-bar, and is suitably bent at its ends, as at 6, to provide holding-portions, forwardly projecting members 7 extending from said bent portions 6. The said members 7 are substantially in the same horizontal plane of the nose-bridge 2, end each y exsecured upon the edge of each lens 3, by means of a screw 9 and the stud-straps 11, is a stud 10, each stud being preferably made with a shanklike member 13 upon which is arranged an provide at their doubled-over edge a sleevelike bearing or pivot-receiving member 17. As indicated in Fig. 4, the plate 16 may be provided with a right-angled projection or shoulder 18; or, if desired, the other plate 15 suitably securing the parts in their assembled relations.

flat-faces of said plates 15 and 16, circling the shank 13, is an eye-portion or 24 of a spring 25, said spring consisting, preferably, of a single coil 26, provided with one leg or element 27 of which the loop 24. forms a part, and with another leg or element 28 which extends in an upward direction and has its end-portion 29, which is ranged in retaining engagement with a holding-portion 6 of the nose-bridge or support 2, substantially in the manner illustrated.

From an inspection of said. Figs. 4 and 7 of the drawings, it will be clearly evident, that when the screw 23 is tightened the eyeportion or loop 24 of the substantially flat spring is firmly clamped between and secured against displacement from the said plates 15 and 16, and each lens is pivotally connected by the lens-supports thus provided with each pivotal-post or element 8 of the nose-piece or support 2, so as to swing horizontally with relation to the vertical said nose-bridge or support 2. At the same time, the said nose-plates or guards 5 being directly connected with said lenssupports,

nose-plates or guards, whereby the eyeglasses are readily adjusted in their wearing positions upon the nose, without discomfort and without abrading the skin. That the said sl their rotative positions upon said pivot-posts the lower open end-portion of each sleeve or pivot-member, and is provided with a slight head or riveted-over end 30, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings. Each sleeve or pivot-receiving member 17, if desired, may also be provided with a pair of shoulders or stops 31 and 32, with which the forwardly projecting members 7 of the nosebridge or support 2 are brought in retaining engagement to limit the oscillatory movements of the parts, as will be clearly understood.

I claim:

1. A mounting for eyeglasses comprising a rigid nose-bridge, provided at its ends with pivot-members, a lens-support pivotally connected with each pivot-member, a nose-plate or guard extending from each lens-support, said lens-support being provided with a shank, and a lens connected with each lenssupport, all arranged to permit of an oscillatory movement of said lenses and said noseplates simultaneously therewith in outward directions from the normal initial positions of said lenses and said nose-plates, the pivotal movement of each nose-plate being at one end of the same in contra-distinction to a pivotal movement of the nose-plate at a point midway between its respective ends, and means for producing such pivotal move ments of the lenses, consisting of springs, each spring comprising a coil, a pair of up wardly extending end-members, and a loop on one of said members, said loop encircling said shank, and the other end-member of said spring bearing upon the rigid nosebridge.

2. A mounting for eye-glasses comprising a rigid nose-bridge provided at its ends with pivot-members, a lens-support pivotally connected with each pivot-member, a nose-plate or guard extending from each lens-support, said lens-support being provided with a shank, and a lens connected with each lenssupport, all arranged to permit of an oscillatory movement of said lenses and said noseplates simultaneously therewith in outward directions from the normal initial positions of said lenses and said nose-plates, the piv otal movement of each nose-plate being at one end of the same in contra-distinction to a pivotal movement of the nose-plate at a point midway between its respective ends, and means for producing such pivotal movements of the lenses, consisting of springs, each spring comprising a coil, a pair of upwardly extending end-members, and a loop on one of said members, said loop encircling said shank, and the other end-member of said spring bearing upon the rigid nosebridge, and means on said lens-supports for limiting the oscillatory movements of said parts.

3. A mounting for eye-glasses comprising a rigid nose-bridge, provided at its ends with pivot-members, a spring-controlled lens-support pivotally connected with each pivotmember, a nose-plate or guard extending from each lens-support, said lens-support being provided with a shank, and a lens con nected with each lens-support, all arranged to permit of an oscillatory movement of said lenses and said nose-plates simultaneously therewith in outward directions from the normal initial positions of said lenses and said nose-plates, the pivotal movement of each nose-plate being at one end of the same in contra-dist1nction to a pivotal movement of the nose-plate at a point midway between its respective ends, and means for producing such pivotal movements of the lenses, consisting of springs, each spring comprising a coil, a pair of upwardly extending end-members, and a loop on one of said members, said loop encircling said shank, and the other endmember of said spring bearing upon the rigid nose-bridge.

4. A mounting for eye-glasses comprising a rigid nose-bridge, provided at its ends with pivot-members, a spring-controlled lens-support pivotally connected with each pivotmember, a nose-plate or guard extending from each lens-support, said lens-support being provided with a shank, and a lens connected with each lens-support, all arranged to permit of an oscillatory movement of said lenses and said nose-plates simultaneously therewith in outward directions from the normal initial positions of said lenses and said nose-plates, the pivotal movement of each noseplate being at one end of the same in contra-distinction to a pivotal movement of the nose-plate at a point midway between its respective ends, and means for producing such pivotal movements of the lenses, c0nsisting of springs, each spring comprising a coil, a pair of upwardly extending end-members, and a loop on one of said members, said loop encircling said shank, and the other endmember of said spring bearing upon the rigid nose-bridge, and means on said lens-supports for limiting the oscillatory movements of said parts.

5. A mounting for eyeglasses comprising a nose-bridge, a forwardly projecting mem ber at each end of said nose-bridge, and a downwardly extending pivot-post connected with each member, a pair of lens-studs, a lens carried by each stud, a shank on each stud, each shank being provided with a screwthreaded socket, an element mounted upon each shank, each element comprising a pair of plates and a sleeve-like bearing, each bearing being adapted to be mounted upon one 0" said pivot-posts, a pair of springs, each spring having an end-portion clamped between said plates and a loop on said end-portion encircling the shank of the stud, and each spring having another end-portion in engagement with a part of the nose-bridge, and a screw screwed into the receiving socket of each stud for securing said parts in their assembled relation, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. A mounting for eye-glasses comprising a nose-bridge, a forwardly projecting member at each end'of said nose-bridge, and a 1 downwardly extending pivot-post connected with each member, a pair of lens-studs, a lens carried by each stud, a shank on each stud, each shank being provided with a screwthreaded socket, an element mounted upon j each shank, each element comprising a pair of plates and a sleeve-like bearing, each bear 1' ing being adapted to be mounted upon one of l said. pivot-posts, a pair of springs, each spring I having an end-portion clamped between said I plates and a loop on said end-portion encircling the shank of the stud, and each spring having another end-portion in engagement with a part of the nose-bridge, and a screw screwed into the receiving socket of each stud for securing said parts in their assembled relation, and each sleeve-like bearing being provided with stops to limit the movements of the parts, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. A mounting for eye-glasses comprising a nose-bridge, a forwardly projecting member at each end of said nose-bridge, and a downwardly extending pivot-post connected with each member, a pair of lens-studs, a lens carried by each stud, a shank on each stud, each shank being provided with a screwthreaded socket, an element mounted. upon each shank, each element comprising a pair of plates an d a sleeve-like bearing, each hearing being adapted to be mounted upon one of said pivot-posts, a right-angled projection on one of said plates, each projection and part of each sleeve-like bearing providing a box or receiving space on each lensstud, a pair of nose-plates, each nose-plate having a portion extending into a receiving space, a pair of springs, each spring having an end-portion clamped between said plates and a loop on I said end-portion encircling the shank of the stud, and each spring having another endportion in engagement with a part of the nose-bridge, and a screw screwed into the receiving socket of each stud for securing all of said parts in their assembled relation, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. A mounting for eye-glasses comprising substantially as and for a nose-bridge, a forwardly projecting member at each end of said nose-bridge and a downwardly extending pivot-post connected with each member, a pair of lens-studs, a lens carried by each stud, a shank on each stud, each shank being provided with a screwthreaded socket, an element mounted upon each shank, each element comprising a pair of plates and a sleeve-like bearing, each bearing being adapted to be mounted upon one of said pivot-posts, a right-angled projection on one of said plates, each projection and part of each sleeve-like bearing providing a box or receiving space on each lens-stud, a pair of nose-plates, each nose-plate having a portion extending into a receiving space, a pair of springs, each spring having an end-portion clamped between said plates, and a loop on said end-portion encircling the shank of the stud, and each spring having another endportion in engagement with a part of the nose-bridge, and a screw screwed into the receiving socket of each stud for securing all of said parts in their assembled relation, and each sleeve-like bearing being provided with stops to limit the movements of the parts, the purposes set forth.

9. In a mounting for eye-glasses, the combination, with a nose-bridge, and a lens-support pivotally connected with said nosebridge, said lens-support being provided with a shank, of a spring consisting of a coil, a pair of upwardly extending end-members, and a loop on one of said end-members, said loop encircling said shank, and the other endmember of said spring bearing upon said nose-bridge, substantially as and for the pur poses set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of October, 1907.

GEORGE J. LOWRES.

I/Vitnesses FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, ANNA H. ALTER. 

